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Atomism
Atomism meaning
The ancient Greek theory that all matter is composed of very small indestructible and indivisible particles. | The doctrine that society arises from individuals and that larger structures are unimportant.
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Aristotle himself reasoned, in opposition to atomism, that in a complete vacuum, motion would encounter no resistance, and "no one could say why a thing once set in motion should stop anywhere; for why should it stop here rather than here?
At the core of his theory is a rejection of atomism —the idea that matter is composed of stable, indivisible units (atoms).
Because of this, they could not convince everybody, so atomism was but one of a number of competing theories on the nature of matter.
Bertrand Russell 's article "The Philosophy of Logical Atomism" is presented as a working out of ideas that he had learned from Wittgenstein.
Cudworth plunges into the history of atomism with vast erudition.
Epicurus for the most part follows Democritean atomism but differs in proclaiming the clinamen (swerve or declination).
From a philosophical viewpoint, this theory of matter-waves has contributed greatly to the ruin of the atomism of the past.
His theory differs from the earlier atomism of Democritus because he admits that atoms do not always follow straight lines but their direction of motion may occasionally exhibit a " swerve " (Greek: παρέγκλισις parenklisis; Latin: clinamen ).
History Philosophical atomism main The idea that matter is made up of discrete units is a very old one, appearing in many ancient cultures such as Greece and India.
Lucretius presents the principles of atomism; the nature of the mind and soul; explanations of sensation and thought; the development of the world and its phenomena; and explains a variety of celestial and terrestrial phenomena.
Some of these interpretations included atomism (the idea of very small, indivisible portions of matter) but other interpretations considered the elements to be divisible into infinitely small pieces without changing their nature.
The Sarvāstivādins saw these 'moments' in an atomistic way, as the smallest length of time possible (they also developed a material atomism).
They also could not convince everybody, so atomism was but one of a number of competing theories on the nature of matter.